Damir Šodan
английский
pisanje na tipkama
dok pišem na ovoj spravi
posao udaranja u slova ne razlikuje se puno
od uspinjanja na neku zimsku planinu
sa štapom i dobrom opremom
kockasta slova su poput neosvojivih klisura
pišem u rukavicama od grube vune
nos mi je crven kao u tibetanske seljančice
a tlo na kojima su ova ugažena slova
crno od tvrdoće
premda su male šanse da ću se uspeti
zastat ću kod prve kolibe
iz koje posvud suklja dim
odmorit ću se uz crni napitak iz samovara
pa ću poći dalje po ledenim guturalima
koji se obično, tamo pri vrhu, grupiraju
u bijelu smrt
Из: Postanak ptica
Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo pisaca, 2009
Аудиопроизводство: Croatian PEN Centre
WRITING ON KEYBOARD
As I am writing on this contraption
This business of hitting letters differs not much
From climbing some mountain in winter
Using a stick and some decent equipment
These square letters are like some unreachable cliffs
I type with gloves on made of rough wool
My nose is red like on some Tibetan village girl
And the soil where these letters were trampled upon
Is so hardened that it turned black
Though there is a slim chance that I will make it to the top
I will make a stop by the nearest hut
Spewing fumes all around
To rest a bit sipping that black liquid from samovar
So I can continue walking on the frozen gutturals
That generally there at the top
Coagulate into a white death
Translation published in: www.versopolis.com